Ms. Ibukunoluwa Odegbaike is the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, East Africa. Ms. Odegbaike has over 19 years banking experience spanning operations and sales and marketing.

Ms. Odegbaike is involved in the overall management of the bank’s day-to-day operations.

Before her appointment to her current role, Ms. Ibukunoluwa held various positions at Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Nigeria. She joined the Bank in 1996 as an officer in Transactional Services Group of the Bank. Subsequently, she headed the Bank’s Private Banking Group in charge of portfolio management of the high net worth individuals of the Bank.

Before joining Guaranty Trust Bank (Kenya) Limited, she was the Head of Retail Banking, in charge of developing, executing and managing both the financial inclusion and retail strategy and tactical business plan of the Bank. This includes target market selection, customer and product propositions within the broad framework of the Bank’s strategy.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from University of Lagos, Nigeria and has attended several senior management courses including the INSEAD high performance management programme and Cranfield executive leadership programme.

The role of financial sector players (banks, capital markets, private equity) in promoting local and regional trade

National and county policy and investment opportunities towards diversifying Kenya’s external trade portfolio

Formalising Kenya’s dominant informal trade sector

Overview:

According to KIPPRA, domestic trade which includes wholesale and retail activities contributes about 10 per cent to Kenya’s GDP. The sector is a significant source of job creation, accounting for approximately 16 per cent and 60 per cent of the country’s formal and informal employment, respectively. Externally, Kenya has been dominant in the export of agricultural commodities, textiles and apparel. Through enabling policies and increased investment to expand domestic, regional and international trade, there are opportunities to sustain growth of the sector.

Abdalla Abdulkhalik

CEO

Managing Director

Mr. Abdulkhalik brings over 25 years of work experience. He was previously with SAMBA Financial Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where he last served as Assistant General Manager & Head of Western Region. Prior to that he worked at Citibank as assistant General Manager, Country Treasurer.

Mr. Abdulkhalik holds an MBA from Washington International University. He was certified as a Islamic Banker by the Islamic Finance Institute-London. In addition, he has attended various professional qualifications which include the school of FX and Derivatives, Foreign Exchange Derivatives, and advanced technical analysis, among others.

He has also served on a special committee convened by Central Bank of Kenya to harmonise Islamic finance policies, and is a part-time lecturer at Kenya School of Monetary Studies

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